1. Negotiations, Continued: Ensuring the Positive Performance of Power-Sharing Arrangements
- Author:
- David Lanz, Laurie Nathan, and Alexandre Raffoul
- Publication Date:
- 09-2019
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- United States Institute of Peace
- Abstract:
- Most negotiated peace settlements since the 1990s have featured some aspect of power sharing, including those in Northern Ireland, Burundi, Bosnia, and Nepal. However, by freezing a sometimes unstable status quo, power sharing can create challenges to maintaining peace over the longer term as issues arise that rekindle enmity or create new suspicions among the parties. This report argues that power-sharing arrangements can be made more durable by providing robust forums, either permanent or ad hoc, that allow parties to resolve differences as they arise and to reaffirm their commitment to peace.
- Topic:
- Treaties and Agreements, Political Power Sharing, and Peace
- Political Geography:
- Bosnia, Nepal, Burundi, and Northern Ireland